Karsh Kothari’s 4/19 & crucial stand by Pawar and Nayak help Namo Bandra Blasters win in the T20 Mumbai’19

Namo Bandra Blasters batting first were off to a dismal start with the top order failing to make much of an impact. However, Prasad Pawar and Sujit Nayak at the middle order resurrected the innings with a crucial partnership of 87 runs in the last 9 overs. Pawar remained unbeaten on 37* off 27 while Nayak brought up his 2^nd half century scoring a matured knock of 54 runs in 35 balls as NAMO Bandra Blasters reached a total of 152/4 in 20 overs. Vijay Gohil and Shivam Dube with 2 wkts each were the pick of the bowlers.

Shivaji Park Lions who were stuggling at 12/3 in 5 overs and 40/4 at the end of 10 overs were ready for a big defeat until Shivam Dube came and almost turned the tables towards his team’s favour. Coming at no.5 Dube went on to score a belligerent 87* off mere 46 balls which had 7 sixes in it!

The match which could have been a loss with a bigger margin for Shivaji Park Lions was stretched till the last ball of the innings where they unfortunately fell short of 3 runs reaching 149/6 in 20 overs. Left-arm spinner Karsh Kothari bowled one of the most impressive spells so far in the tournament coming up with 4/19 in 20 overs. Another impressive spell was witnessed by Aditya Dhumal who conceded mere 5 runs in his spell of 3 overs as Namo Bandra Blasters won the match by 3 runs.

• Brief Scores-
• Namo BB-152/4 in 20 overs, Sujit Nayak 52, Prasad Pawar 37*, Vijay Gohil 2/26, Shivam Dube 2/27
• Shivaji Park Lions-149/6 in 20 overs, Shivam Dube 87*, Sachin Yadav 23, Karsh Kothari 4/19, A Dhumal 0/5
• Result-NAMO Bandra Blasters won the match by 3 runs